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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

ALBERT-HAUCK, OF JEWE'IT, OHIO.

PEG-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,648, dated April10, 1883.

' Application filed January 15, 1883. (.No model.) i

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ALBERT HAUCK, a'citizen of the United States,residing at Jewett, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvemerits in Peg-Gutters; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such. as will enable others skilled in the art to'which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in peg cutters or rasps; andit consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my machine. Fig. 2 is adetached vertical section of the same. Figs. 3, 8, and 9 showmodifications. Fig. 4. is an inverted plan of the gear-wheel secured onthe rasp. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof .the stem, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the shaft.

or is the operating'shaft, which is made hollow its entire length, orfrom a short distance from its top, as may be desired. The opening a.through it may be square its entire length, or may be made round itsentire length; but it is preferably made, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,with the round portion extending nearly to the top and opening at thetop into the angular portion a as shown. The shaft is provided at itsouter end with a bevel-gear wheel, (i

formed or suitably secured thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a shoe-rasping machine in whichthe motive shaft is made hollow at its outer end, and is provided with abevel-gear wheel thereon, and the rasp is provided with a bevel-gearwheel meshed with the wheel on the shaft, and is secured on a stem whichis placed in the hollow end of the shaft, so that the shaft may revolveindependently of the stem, and also to furnish other improvements, aswill be described. This may be secured by the construction shown inFigs. 1 and 2, or those shown in Figs. 3, 8, and 9. In Fig. 3 the stemis placed in the opening a, and a bracket is pivoted to the'curedthereto.

stem and the rasp isjournaled thereon, so that it can be turned down sothat the teeth on its under side can be meshed with those of the wheel aThe upper end of the stem is made angular, as shown, so that when therasp is brought down, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, the angularportion of the stem will engage the angular hole a and the rasp will berevolved. 1n Fig. 8 the rasp is secured directly to the stem, and inFig. 9 the upper end of the stem is turned so as to bring the gear-teethof the rasp which is journaled therein directly in mesh with those ofthe wheel a I prefer, however, the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and3, and which I will now describe.

The shaft is arranged near its outer end with the slot a running withthe length of the shaft,

as shown, forming the jaws 1) 12 between which the pin 11 extends, asshown.

0 is a sleeve placed on the shaft a, as shown. 0 is a pin passed througha threaded opening in the sleeve 0 or otherwise suitably seg This pinextends through the slot'a in the shaft and its end extends into thegroove 1), as shown in Fig. 2.

.d is the bracket on which the rasp is journaled.

d is a slot or elongated opening in the bracket, through which the pin bpasses, and the bracket is arranged between the jaws b and isconstructed with the extension d which catches over the edge of the stembetween the jaws I) and holds the bracket and rasp in position when sodesired.

e is the rasp, provided on its under side with the outer bevel-gear, e,and the inner bevelgear, 0 and provided with the central openin g, 6through which the bracket passes. The rasp and teeth may be cast orformed in one piece, in which case the opening a would need becountersunk at the top, so that the head of the bracket would not cometo the surface of the rasp; or the rasp portion and gear-wheels might bemade separately and secured together with the head of the bracketarranged between them. In Figs. 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9, I show the gear-wheelwithout the ra sp. The internal teeth, 0 are preferred, because theiruse avoids the making of the top of the bore a of the shaft a angular,and yet connects the rasp and shaft when the latter is lowered to theposition indicated in full lines, Fig. l, and dotted lines, Fig. 3, asthe internal teeth then mesh with wheel a.

In operation the shaft a is revolved either by means of gear-wheels ffand crank-handle f, or by other suitable means, the stem 1) and theseveral parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1, and a flat rasp isemployed. If it is desired to have an inclined rasp, the sleeve 0 ispushed up to the position shown in Fig. 2, carrying the stem with it,and the sleeve is turned so as to bring the pin 0 into the notch a andlock the parts in position, and the rasp is then pulled out into aboutthe position indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 6, and then pushed back andbrought down, so as to catch the extension over the edge of the stem, asshown in Figs. 2 and 6, and lock thebracket in position.

It will be understood that the stem constructed with groove 1) and thesleeve 0 and pin 0 would be useful where the bracket was simply pivotedto the stem, as shown in Fig. 3, and that the locking mechanism,consisting of bracket provided with slot d and extension at, would beuseful without the sleeve and pin 0 0; but I prefer the use of boththese construetions, as by their use together a firmer construction andbetter results are had.

By the construction described a simple, compact, and efficient device isprovided, free from complications and easy of operation.

The shaft a maybe hollow its entire length, or only sufliciently farfrom its outer end to permit the insertion of the stem, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a shoe-rasp or peg'cutter, the combination of a rotary shaft, a,provided with a socketbearing in its upper end, and with a gearingsurrounding the open end of the socket -bearing, a stem, I), placedloosely in the socket bearing, a rasp pivoted on the outer end of thestem b, and having a gearing on its under side adapted to engage withthe gearing on the end of the rotary shaft, and means for rotating theshaft a, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as described, of a shaft constructedwith a slot, at, and notch a projected therefrom, a gear-wheel securedon the end of the shaft, the stem provided with circumferential grooveb,abracket pivoted to the stem and having a rasp journaled thereon, andthe sleeve 0 and pin 0, as specified.

3. Thecombination, with a hollow shaf'r,and

a gear-wheel secured thereon, of the stem, the pin 1), and the brackethaving the rasp. journaled thereon,and constructed with the slot at andan extension arranged to extend over the edge of the stem, substantiallyas described, and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the shaft constructedwith slot a and the notch a the geanwheel a, the shaft having the groove1), the pin b the bracket constrncted with the extension d, and havingthe slot at formed through it, and the rasp journaled on the bracket,substantially as set forth.

5. In a shoe-rasping machine, the combination of the hollow shaft, abevel-gear wheel secured on the end thereof, a stem placed within thehollow shaft, a bracket pivoted to end of the said stem, 2. raspjournaled on the said bracket, and series of internal and external teethformed on or otherwise secured to the under side of the rasp, as and forthe purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. ALBERT HAUGK.

Witnesses ANNA Wrar, GEORGE WIRT.

